Floods hit Dallas Fort Worth after heavy rainstorms
Unceasing rainstorms flooded Dallas and Fort Worth causing street flooding and stranded vehicles. No deaths or injuries were reported in the new rains, though rescues occurred as police and fire crews used boats. Authorities sought federal disaster aid amid widespread property damage and uninsured homeowners.
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Dallas
UPI
Fort Worth
Dallas County
Aster
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Garland Road
Caucuses for GOP Monday in Washington County
Precinct caucus meetings urged for Monday evening May 2 at 8:30. County chairman Joe Jones notes 8:30 time to fit workers, and urges listening to Iowa Republican Leaders on WHO at 8:15 before caucuses. Radios to be available at meetings. list of caucus sites follows for many towns and townships.
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Washington County
Joe Jones
Jones
Iowa
Brighton
Prairie Flower
Cedar Township
Rubio
Clay
Crawford
Robert Miksch
Dutch Creek
Franklin Center
Franklin
Willard McCracken
Highland
George Horn
Jackson
Kalona
Wellman Municipal
Wellman
John Gamon
Marion
Ainsworth Legion
Oregon
Parish
Richmond
Center 76
Mace Motor Co
Washington Township
John McDowell
West Chester
Washington City
Court House
William Perdock
City Hall
Geb Chevrolet
Phleger to Lead Geneseo Schools Beginning July 1
Supt John V Phleger of the Washington Community School District will become superintendent of Geneseo Illinois schools, taking up duties July 1. Geneseo district spans 201 square miles with a senior high of 750 students, a junior high, and eight elementary schools. Phleger has served in Washington since 1948 as teacher, junior high principal, high school principal, and superintendent.
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John V. Phleger
Washington Community
Geneseo
Ill
Phleger
Moline
Washington
Weather outlook for Iowa turns warmer then cold
Cloudy and warmer tonight turning colder tonight in the northwest. Saturday cloudy and colder in the west and north central with occasional rain and showers. Low tonight 35 in the northwest to 45-50 in the southeast. High Saturday 38-40 in the northwest to upper 50s in the southeast.
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Iowa
House May Back Antimissile Programs Over McNamara
The House signals support for three defense programs after the Senate, backing Nike-X antimissile system funding, an atomic powered frigate, and a follow-on bomber. McNamara opposes all three, could veto spending, while the bill awaits House Senate reconciliations.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Pentagon
Congress
Armed Services Committee
House Atomic Energy Committee
House Arms Panel
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
U.S. Forces Boost Viet Nam Firepower With New Brigade
A 5,000 member U.S. Army brigade arrived in Vung Tau to raise American strength to about 255,000 alongside a 4,500-man Australian contingent. U.S. air strikes hit North Viet Nam targets, destroying and damaging hundreds of junks, trucks, and bridges while B52s targeted Viet Cong concentrations in Quang Ngai. General Westmoreland greeted the troops as two more 25th Infantry Division brigades operate near Cu Chi. Marines near Da Nang report 12 Viet Cong killed. an Army sergeant near Tuy Hoa captures five guerrillas.
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Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Enterprise
Kitty Hawk
Hancock
South
Navy
Alaska
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Air Force
Washington
UPI
William C. Westmoreland
25Th Infantry Division
25Th Division
Cu Chi
da Nang
101St Airborne Division
Tuy Hoa
Johnson pushes national fair housing bill amid civil rights test
President Johnson unveils a comprehensive civil rights package aimed at banning racial discrimination in housing, expanding jury and school desegregation powers, and boosting federal enforcement. The plan faces stiff Senate and House opposition over open occupancy rules, especially among northern lawmakers wary of urban reactions in an election year.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congressional
Congress
FBI
Justice Department
Senate
House
Radiation Detected Near Nevada Test Site
In Alamo Nevada about 100 miles northeast of the test site radioactive iodine was found in the thyroids of 11 children and two adults after an underground explosion released radiation. The AEC reported the release while the Public Health Service scanned residents and invited testing.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Nevada Test Site
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S. Public Health Service
Alamo
Health Service
Stanley urges new school rating system for Iowa
Iowa State Sen. David Stanley urges a yearly school evaluation by a team of educators, including state education officials and external experts. He backs the new school standards law but says it only sets minimums and calls for an objective rating system with grades from excellent to poor to determine state aid.
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Muscatine
Iowa
UPI
David Stanley
Stanley
Infiltration of South Vietnam Rises Despite U.S. Actions
UPI reports that several thousand more North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong have entered South Vietnam, bringing total embedded forces to about 90,000 plus 165,000 irregulars. With 5,000 new U.S. troops, overall strength reaches around 255,000 as combat reports cite ongoing air and ground pressure. Officials note some regiments with about 1,500 men and project a potential shift favoring Allies by late 1966 or early 1967 if bombing continues to curb North to South flow estimated at 14 to 30 tons daily. The war could endure, breaking into guerrilla fighting even with Allied superiority.
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Washington
UPI
South Viet Nam
U.S
South
25Th Infantry
Fort Wainwright
Alaska
Viet Nam
Cause of noises in head found for Dorian Figueroa
Miami based UPI reports doctors diagnosed the noises heard inside Dorian Figueroa head as coming from a pinched artery and vein behind his right ear. The 38 year old began hearing sounds after a fall from a step ladder two years ago. A surgeon aims for a simple local anesthesia procedure. if it fails major surgery may be needed.
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Miami
UPI
Dorian Figueroa
Figueroa
Missouri Man Dies in West Chester Motel Fire
Vernon Wonkel aged 42 is found dead of asphyxiation after a mattress fire in a Cozy Cabins room in West Chester Missouri. Investigators suspect cigarette as likely cause. Wonkel worked for River Products near West Chester and the body is at Jones Funeral Home in Washington.
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Curryville
Missouri
West Chester
Washington County Sheriff's Department
Vernon Wonkel
Wonkel
The
River Products Company
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Probate of Will and Executor Appointed
Public notice announces probate of the will for the estate of Earl P. Booth and the appointment of the executor. The filing specifies authority and will be recorded in the local probate proceedings.
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Earl P. Booth
Assassination of Da Nang leader sparks unrest in Saigon
Viet Nam turmoil flares as Phan Thuyet, chief of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang, is shot dead in Da Nang while Buddhist and Catholic groups clash. Buddhist students, anger over the violence prompts anti-Government protests but a Vietnamese guard is blamed, easing U.S. troop concerns.
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Saigon
UPI
da Nang
South Viet Nam
G.I
Phan Thuyet
Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang Promilitary
Thuyer
Keosauqua Doctor Leaves $700000 Gift to Foundation
Dr. Ralph S. Roberts lifelong Keosauqua native dies at 78 leaving 70 percent of a multimillion estate to the Van Buren Foundation. The trust funds include 21 California properties and about $350000 in bank deposits and stocks. The foundation salutes his work with the Roberts Memorial Building and 4-H youth programs while a sister and brother receive 30 percent of the trust. The foundation expects the initial bequest within six months and contemplates a scholarship fund for agriculture students.
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Keosauqua
IDPA
van Buren Foundation
Ralph S
Ned) Roberts
Jo Strong
Dr. Roberts
Stong
Pacific Beach
San Diego
Calif
California
Roberts
Frank Roberts
Phyllis Overman
Blair
Neb
van Burean County Fairgrounds
van Buren County
Strong
Columbia University
University of Arizona
University of California
van Bureau County
Des Moines
Iowa Highway Commission
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